Foreign reporters start discovering Jining
China DailyA group of foreign reporters embarked on a four-day-long tour in Jining, Shandong province on Oct 17, exploring the city's achievements in protecting traditional culture, replacing old growth drivers with new ones and rural revitalization over 40 years of reform and opening up. Nearly 20 reporters from the world's major media organizations, including BBC, Russia's Rossiya Segodnya, South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo, Thailand's Nation Multimedia Group, the Reporter and the Daily Monitor Newspaper from Ethiopia, the Nepali Times, the Jahon Information Agency from Uzbekistan, the Elegant Magazine from Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Daily Jang, Geo News, and Express Tribune, Tajikistan's Avesta News Agency, the Public Security Newspaper and the Vientiane Times from Laos, the Viet Nam News and the MONTSAME News Agency, joined Chinese domestic media for the tour entitled "40 Years of Reform and Opening-up: Foreign Media Focus on Jining". Yan Jianbo, deputy Party secretary of Jining, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony on Oct 17 in Qufu, county-level city in Jining, Shandong province. Foreign reporters attend the opening ceremony of the discovering Jining media trip on Oct 17 in Qufu, Shandong province.